Associate Membership of Institution of Engineers (AMIE) Exam Details

Saturday, January 15, 2011

Associate Membership of Institution of Engineers (AMIE) offer various engineering degree courses to those students who are unable to pursue these through regular courses in engineering colleges. For admission to AMIE’s engineering degree courses an entrance test is conducted by Institution of Engineers, India (IEI). The courses of AMIE are generally equivalent to B.E/B.Tech courses of AICTE/ government of India/ other states.

Courses

AMIE offer various engineering degree programmes in two sections ? section A and section B.

Section A

Course coming under Section A is further divided into Diploma and Non-Diploma Stream as mentioned below.

Diploma Stream (For Senior Technician Members)

• Engineering Mathematics
• Material Science
• Elements of Electrical Engineering and Electronics
• Elements of Computer Science
• Society, Environment and Engineering

Non Diploma Stream (For Technician Members)

• Mathematics I
• Mathematics II
• Engineering Drawing and Graphics
• Electrical Science
• Mechanical Science
• Natural Science
• Material Science and Processes
• Fundamentals of Electronics and Instrumentation
• Computer System and Data Analysis
• Engineering, Environment and Society

Section B

• Chemical Engineering
• Civil Engineering
• Computer Engineering
• Electrical Engineering
• Electronics and Communications Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
• Metallurgical and Material Science Engineering
• Mining Engineering
• Production Engineering
• Textile Engineering

Eligibility

There are two types of eligibility criteria for AIME membership: One for the Technician Membership and other one for the Senior Technician Membership.

Eligibility for Technician Membership

• Directly candidates can become technician members if they have minimum qualification of a pass in any of the following qualifying examination:

1. 10+2/intermediate science examination with English, Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics.

2. Bachelor of Science with Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics.

3. First year examination of the 5 year integrated engineering degree program or pre or pre-professional examination in engineering.

4. Final examination of 10 + 2 +3 system with English, Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics conducted by any state board/ other boards/ universities after 10 years of formal school education.

5. Any equivalent examination of the above said qualifying exam.

• For all these candidates a pass in English is mandatory and aggregate marks in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics should be at least 45%.

Eligibility for Senior Technician Membership

To be selected as senior technician members or to be transferred from technician to senior technician members, candidates must fulfill the following eligibility conditions.

• Candidates must have attained the minimum age of 18 years at the time of applying.
• Candidate should be an engineer by profession working under a corporate member or a person qualified to be elected as a corporate member. The candidate should also be striving to acquire the qualifications for corporate membership.
• The candidates should have passed a diploma examination in engineering or technology/ its equivalent / an examination recognized by the council as exempting from passing ‘Section: A’ of the institution of engineers examination in the non-diploma stream.

Examination Pattern

• Pattern of AMIE Examinations are divided into two sections: Section A & Section B.
• Sections A & B examinations of the institution are held twice a year, generally in June and in December and are termed as summer and winter examinations respectively.
• The application forms for enrolment as technician or senior technician members of the institution are received throughout the year.
• A candidate wishing to appear in the institutions examination should apply first for enrolment using the prescribed application form.
• Section A Examination Pattern

1. Section A Examination is common for all those candidates who want to become engineers by having a degree of AMIE.

2. There are separate exams designed for Diploma Stream (Senior Technician Members) and Non Diploma Stream (Technician Members).

• Section B Examination Pattern

1. After Section A, the student has to complete a project work over a period of one year.

2. On the basis of satisfactory professional competence report, candidates are admitted to appear for the Section B examination.

3. Section B consists of 10 papers of which 7 are compulsory and 3 optional.

4. In Section B a candidate chooses a particular discipline of engineering program.

Contact Address

www.ieindia.org
W-mail: chapters@ieindia.org